Afore

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Afore \A*fore"\, adv. [OE. afore, aforn, AS. onforan or
     [ae]tforan; pref. a- + fore.]
     1. Before. [Obs.]
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              If he have never drunk wine afore.    --Shak.


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     2. (Naut.) In the fore part of a vessel.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Afore \A*fore"\, prep.
     1. Before (in all its senses). [Archaic]
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     2. (Naut.) Before; in front of; farther forward than; as,
        afore the windlass.
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     {Afore the mast}, among the common sailors; -- a phrase used
        to distinguish the ship's crew from the officers.
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